Teemu Selanne recorded his 20th career hat trick as part of a five-point night Sunday in leading the Ducks to a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at Honda Center.

Chris Kunitz added a goal and three assists for the Ducks, while Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and two assists and defenseman Kent Huskins also scored a goal. The Ducks (36-23-7) recorded their fourth consecutive victory and ninth in the past 10 games.

SECOND-PERIOD SUMMARY
Patrick Sharp’s second goal of the game and team-high 31st of the season pulled Chicago within 4-2 at 14:52. Sharp scored immediately off a faceoff victory by teammate Jonathan Toews, and the follow-through of Sharp’s stick on his shot hit Ducks defenseman Chris Pronger in the face, forcing him to leave the game with what the team called a jaw contusion. With starting Blackhawks goaltender Patrick Lalime back in the game to start the second period after having been pulled in the first, Huskins buried the carom of a Kunitz shot to put the Ducks on top 4-1 at 2:27.

FIRST-PERIOD SUMMARY
The Ducks drove Lalime from the game by scoring twice in less than a minute as part of a three-goal first period. Selanne scored the first of his two power-play goals at 7:45, and Getzlaf, who had the primary assist on both of Selanne’s goals, scored one of his own at 8:38. Selanne’s second goal, against Blackhawks backup goalie Corey Crawford, came at 17:13. Sharp got Chicago on the scoreboard with his first goal of the game at the 18:11 mark.

NOTES
Front-line Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin missed his second consecutive game because of a back injury. He is scheduled to undergo an MRI exam on Monday. … Ducks center Todd Marchant sat out his second consecutive game because of a bruised shoulder. … Defenseman Joe DiPenta and right wing Brandon Bochenski were healthy scratches for the Ducks.

DID YOU KNOW?
Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne, who recorded his first multi-goal game since last season’s regular-season finale at Columbus, achieved a $1.2 million bonus by appearing in his 10th game of the season. Selanne, 37, spent most of this season contemplating possible retirement before signing a one-year, pro-rated contract worth $570,000 on Jan. 28. He stood to achieve the bonus either by appearing in 10 games or if the Ducks reached the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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